UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

 

FORM 8-K

 

Current Report Pursuant to Section 13 or 15(d)

of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

 

Date of Report (Date of earliest event reported): September 1, 2010

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

 

DELAWARE

 

1-14066

 

13-3849074

(State or Other Jurisdiction of

 

(Commission File Number)

 

(IRS Employer Identification

Incorporation)

 

 

 

Number)

 

11811 North Tatum Blvd., Suite 2500, Phoenix, Arizona 85028

(Address and zip code of principal executive offices)

 

(602) 494-5328

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)

 

Not Applicable

(Former name or former address, if changed since last report)

 

Check the appropriate box below if the Form 8-K filing is intended to simultaneously satisfy the filing obligation of the registrant under any of the following provisions:

 

o            Written communications pursuant to Rule 425 under the Securities Act (17 CFR 230.425)

 

o            Soliciting material pursuant to Rule 14a-12 under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14a-12)

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 14d-2(b) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.14d-2(b))

 

o            Pre-commencement communications pursuant to Rule 13e-4(c) under the Exchange Act (17 CFR 240.13e-4(c))

 

 

 


 

ITEM 8.01 Other Events

 

On September 1, 2010, Southern Copper Corporation’s subsidiary, Industrial Minera México, S.A. de C.V. (IMMSA), was notified by the Federal Labor Court of its ruling which approves the termination of the collective bargaining agreement and all the individual labor contracts of the workers affiliated with the Mexican Mining Union at IMMSA’s underground Taxco Unit.

 

The ruling was based upon the resistance of the mining union to allowing mining experts to search for reserves at the Taxco mine.  If sustained, this ruling will also have the effect of terminating the protracted strike at the Taxco Unit.  It is expected that the mining union will appeal the Labor Court ruling to federal tribunals.

 

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SIGNATURES

 

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended, the registrant has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned hereunto duly authorized.

 

 

 

SOUTHERN COPPER CORPORATION

 

 

 

Date: September 3, 2010

By:

/s/ Armando Ortega Gomez

 

Name:

Armando Ortega Gomez

 

Title:

Vice President, Legal, General Counsel and Secretary

 

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